Ljiljana
Ljiljana ( Cyrillic : Љиљана) is a female given name , which is mostly common in the Balkans and other Slavic countries.
Origin, meaning and variants
The root of the name is the Serbo-Croatian word ljiljan , in German lily .
Beauty, delicacy and purity are associated with this flower.
There are numerous variants of the name, including the short form Ljilja (Cyrillic: Љиља) and Lila, Lilijana, Liliana, Liki, Lili, Ljiljce, Ljilja, Ljika, Ljiki, Ljiljica.
The English name variant is Lillian , in Romance languages the equivalent is Liliane (French) and Liliana (Italian etc.)
name day
Name day is on January 19th and is usually not celebrated by Serbs.
Well-known namesake
- Ljiljana Buttler , née Petrović (1944–2010), Yugoslav singer
- Ljiljana Jokić Kaspar (* 1951), Serbian writer and journalist
- Ljiljana Petrović (* 1939), Serbian singer
- Ljiljana Radonić (* 1981), Croatian-Austrian political scientist
- Ljiljana Winkler (* 1981), Bosnian opera singer (soprano)